How to Convert Word to PDF
When you convert Word text to PDF you are essentially converting it to an appealing, reliable, and fully functional format. Not only that, but the PDF also ensures that your data can be used in professional workflows where review and collaboration, or processing and print publishing, are involved. To boot, your recipients have a document that is easier to read, search and print.
PDF documents are perfect for saving, protecting, and sending content—they are easy to print, contain a number of security options, and can preserve a variety of different types of content.
There are two ways to convert your Word document into A PDF file: you can Save your document as a PDF or Print your document to PDF.
For quick Word to PDF conversion:
Choose the document you wish to convert in MS Word 2007
Select Save As from the Office Button menu and Select the PDF or XPS option
In the next dialogue, ensure PDF is in the Save as Type field. Set preferences and options for your conversion. Click on Publish.
The new document will automatically take the name of the original file. Change the name or add a number to differentiate. Once saved, you may view your information in PDF format.
To convert Word to PDF by Printing to PDF:
- Choose the document you wish to convert.
- Choose Print from the Office Button menu.
- Choose Print.
- In the Print dialogue box, choose Adobe PDF as your output device. Click on OK. When prompted, name your file and choose a location to save it in.
